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• Ohio will lose 51,000 jobs, $5.3 billion due to Trump cuts by 2029, new analysis finds June 22, 2026
  Ohio will lose 51,000 jobs and $5.3 billion from the state economy in 2029, according to a new analysis.  That’s the effect that cuts to Medicaid and food assistance under a massive 2025 spending law will have when they’re fully phased in. It’s also the consequence of Republicans allowing Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire […]
• Ohio Equal Rights will try to get two amendments on 2027 ballot June 22, 2026
  Ohioans will not have a chance to vote to eliminate the same-sex marriage ban in the Ohio Constitution in the November election.  Ohio Equal Rights recently announced they will not try to get two amendments on this year’s ballot, but will instead sight their sights on the 2027 election.  Their other proposed amendment would add […]
• DeWine says he loves Ohio state parks, so what will he do with Senate Bill 219? June 22, 2026
  This month, Gov. Mike DeWine officially proclaimed June 1 to June 7 as Ohio State Parks Week, celebrating the natural beauty, outdoor recreational opportunities, and award-winning excellence of Ohio’s 76 state parks. “These parks belong to all of us, and they offer every Ohioan a chance to connect with nature, spend meaningful time outdoors, and […]
• Catching Our Eye News Roundup, June 19, 2026 June 19, 2026
  Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
• Ohio Legislative Black Caucus lawmakers criticize voter ID referendum in Juneteenth commemoration June 19, 2026
  Ohio Legislative Black Caucus lawmakers railed against a potential constitutional amendment on voter photo ID and defended an Ohio voting-rights group whose offices were searched by the FBI, in a news conference this week commemorating Juneteenth. Juneteenth recognizes the final emancipation of enslaved African Americans on June 19, 1865, at the end of the Civil […]
• Ohio proposed constitutional amendment to ban data centers will not be on this year’s ballot June 19, 2026
  Ohio voters will not have a chance to vote to ban data centers in the November election.  Conserve Ohio, the grassroots organization behind the proposed constitutional amendment, said they are now hoping to make the 2027 ballot. The amendment would prohibit building data centers with a peak load of more than 25 megawatts per month, […]